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Clubbed fingers

Clubbing

Cystic fibrosis

Postural drainage

There is no way to prevent cystic fibrosis. Screening of family members of a cystic fibrosis patient may detect the cystic fibrosis gene in between 60 and 90% of carriers, depending on the test used.

US Food and Drug Administration. FDA Approves First DNA-based Test to Detect Cystic Fibrosis. Rockville, MD: National Press Office; May 16, 2005. Press Release P05-23. 

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. What is CF? Available at http://www.cff.org/about_cf/what_is_cf/. Accessed May 16, 2005.

Review Date: 06/08/2005
Reviewed By: Thomas A. Owens, MD, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.